nonaccompanied

English

Etymology

non- +‎ accompanied

Adjective

nonaccompanied (not comparable)

1. Not allowing the inclusion of additional companions
   • 1979, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980, page 801:

     An 18-month tour in Europe would hopefully enable us to enforce more vigorously the nonaccompanied status of our first-term enlistees and reduce somewhat the so-called unauthorized dependent density in Europe.

   • 1985, Pediatric Medical Advisor, page 6:

     With a growing number of single parents in the Armed Services, it is of critical importance to avoid jeopardizing child/parent relationships through nonaccompanied tours.

   • 2011, Edna Murphy, Welcoming Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood, page 53:

     Most are on nonaccompanied single work visas and work in the construction, farming and service industries.

   • 2013, James Womack, Black Dad-White Dad: The James Womack Story, page 170:

     I was now eligible for a nonaccompanied (twelve-month) tour to either Korea or Vietnam.

2. Unaccompanied.
   1. Without companions or a caretaker.
      • 1978, United States. Department of the Army, Movement of Units in Air Force Aircraft, page 5:

        Responsible for materials handling equipment, technical assistance for moving units, terminal services for nonaccompanied equipment, and Air Force inspection of all airlift loads.

      • 2011, Joseph Murphy, Kerri Tobin, Homelessness Comes to School, page 63:

        The study of nonaccompanied youth is a slim but important chapter in the larger volume on homelessness—and given the focus of this volume more critical than its length would suggest.

      • 2022, Alfred Reynolds, Child Soldiers: Victims and Aggressors:

        Also, children who live in zones of conflict or in its vicinity, the same as separated and nonaccompanied children, are even more exposed to the risk of military recruitment, whether it is done by official and nonofficial members of governments.

   2. Lacking musical accompaniment.
      • 2008, Steven Pratt, Sharyn Kolberg, Superhealth:

        The improvement in verbal fluency test performance after listening to the music was more than twice that of the nonaccompanied session.

      • 2010, Gregory Nagy, Homeric Responses, page 42:

        Besides my arguments in PH17–24, see also Ford 1992:303, who likewise argues that the epic hexameter as we know it was nonmelodic and nonaccompanied.

      • 2017, Barry S. Hewlett, Hunter-Gatherers of the Congo Basin:

        The nonaccompanied songs were sung in a very low register, wishing good luck to the hunters.

Usage notes

When meaning unaccompanied, "nonaccompanied" is used more often to mean lacking a caretaker, while "unaccompanied" is used when other types of companions are lacking.